Parker: “He (Popovich) told me that I’m not going anywhere.”

In a recent interview with www.basketusa.com, San Antonio Spurs’ guard, Tony Parker, was asked about his future with the Spurs and his thoughts on the trade rumors surrounding him:

Parker on his last contract season with the Spurs:

I prefer to wait [before renegotiating].See what all the “fat” will do.I’m in no hurry.And I love San Antonio and I want to stay for my last year of his contract, play another year with Tim, Manu and then be a free agent and evaluate the situation.

Parker on whether he will leave the Spurs at the end of next season:

It will be 10 years at the end of next year I played in San Antonio. It would be a nice loop and maybe a good challenge for me to go elsewhere.If I leave, I can make another career, eight, nine years in another club.

Parker on the trade rumors and saying the Portland Trailblazers were interested in him:

It is normal that I am in the rumors.It is I who have the largest value in the team. I talked to Pop, ‘he told me that I’m not going anywhere. New York and Portland were the two most serious runway is true, but San Antonio has said no.